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PlayStation

There Will Be No Backbreaker 2 As Its Studio Is Moving Away From Console Gaming

Backbreaker‘s small but extremely passionate following got some bad, but not really unexpected news. “Unfortunately, and unofficially, it is very unlikely that we will revisit [Backbreaker] /full-on football again,” the game’s lead developer told a forum member.

September 8, 2011
Mobile

The National Football League Meets Backbreaker In NFL Rivals

Yesterday brought word that NaturalMotion, the makers of the popular Backbreaker series of games for iOS devices, had landed a licence to make an NFL game. It released today. NFL Rivals, for $2.99 (iTunes), combines the offence and defence games of Backbreaker and Backbreaker: Vengeance with authentic NFL uniforms and schedules, and adds some bragging rights.

News

Did Backbreaker Just Get An NFL Licence?

Torsten Reil, the co-founder and CEO of NaturalMotion, on Sunday tweeted this picture which he says is from an iPhone version of Backbreaker: Vengeance, a spinoff of last year’s football game Backbreaker which challenged Madden NFL without any NFL branding. Reil’s picture shows someone for the Seattle Seahawks leaping over an Arizona Cardinals defender, in a stadium carrying NFL branding on its signs.

June 25, 2011
Xbox

Backbreaker: Vengeance Costs More Than Backbreaker’s Current Price

Backbreaker: Vengeance got an Xbox Live release date on Wednesday but no price. Now the game’s developer has followed up with one: 1200 Microsoft points.

June 23, 2011
News

Backbreaker Sequel Gets Europe-Only PS3 Release

Backbreaker: Vengeance, the minigame sequel to the more popular elements of last year’s Backbreaker, will release on Xbox Live on June 29, but won’t be coming to PlayStation 3 outside of Europe.

June 13, 2011
Mobile

Backbreaker’s Team Checks In Again With Icebreaker

In real life, I skate like a waddling five-year-old forever on the verge of crapping his pants. In Icebreaker, I’m light on my feet, spinning, deking and sprinting away from the bowel-loosening checks coming my way.

May 26, 2011
Mobile

Backbreaker Studio Hits The Ice With Icebreaker For The IPhone

First spied in development seven months ago, Icebreaker will arrive on the iTunes App Store next week as a hockey-style complement to Backbreaker, the football title whose “Tackle Alley” minigame saw tremendous success as an iPhone port.

April 14, 2011
Xbox

Backbreaker: Vengeance Is Official; Releasing Only On Xbox 360

Backbreaker: Vengeance, a variant on the original Backbreaker’s wildly popular “Tackle Alley” mode, will be released for the Xbox 360 over Xbox Live this year by NaturalMotion and 505 Games. It’s exclusive to the 360.

December 17, 2010
News

Backbreaker 2′s Vengeance Is A Dish Served Hot

Backbreaker’s addictive Tackle Alley minigame put you on the field as a ballcarrier juking and spinning his way through 100-yard touchdown runs. Backbreaker 2: Vengeance puts you in the game on defence, blasting those showboats out of the water.

December 10, 2010
News

They’ve Got Jenga On The IPhone

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